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Paddington 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: TABLE IIIA.Deaths Registered from all causes during each quarter oftheyear 1884 in each Sub-district of the Parish.Note.— The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.

TABLE IIIA.

Deaths Registered from all causes during each quarter oftheyear 1884 in each Sub-district of the Parish.

Note.— The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.

Cause of Death.Sub-district.Total 1st Quarter.Sub-districtTotal 2nd Quarter.Sub-district.Total | 3rd Quarter.Sub-district.Total 4th Quarter.Total DeathsTOTAL.
St. Mary's.St. John's.St. Mary's.St. John's.St. Mary's.St. John's.St Mary's,St. John's.St. Mary's.St. John's.
Classes.
I. Zymotic Diseases501666381654871410146135922159280
II. Constitutional Diseases5924836926955522779032122273104377
III. Local Diseases18272254159512101184616119358251652227879
IV. Developmental Diseases3914532811393594441206114351197
V. Violent Deaths106161051535816723392362
Not specified, or ill-defined112...11224.........347
Totals341133174304110414300983983S61305161,3314711,802
Class. I.Zymotic Diseases. Order 1.—Miasmatic.
1. Smallpox
2. Measles74118...86...633624731
3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)8...84483...31...116420
4. Diphtheria549325246358131528
5. Quinsy
6. Croup...113141...15...59211
7. Whooping Cough192218210102125...542648
8.Typhus Fever
Enteric or Typhoid F.1233362133I49716
Simple continued F...........................1...11...1
9. Erysipelas...112...22...2224639
10. Puerperal Fever (Metria)1...1...11.........213325
11. Carbuncle
12. Influenza
13. Dysentery
I4. Diarrhoea3...3.........493529...961364
15. Choleraic Diarrhoea.........1...1314.........415
16. Ague
17. Remittent Fever
18. Rheumatism3...31345273...312517
19. Other Zymotic Diseases
Order 2.—Entlietic.
1. Syphilis1122...23...34...410111
2. Stricture of Urethra
3. Hydrophobia
4. Glanders
Order 3.—Dietic.
1. Privation..................1...1.........1...1
2. Want of Breast Milk...111...1...11213336
3. Purpura and Scurvy
4. AlcoholismaDel. Tremens...........................1...11...1
b Intemperance1...11...1.........2...24...4
Order 4.—Parasitic.
1. Thrushl...11...1..................2...2
2. Worms, &c
II. III.Constitutional Diseases. Order 1.—Diathetic.
1. Goutl...1112.........3...3516
2. Dropsy...11224...11213459
3. Cancer61218561172920929382967
4. Cancrum Oris (Noma)
5. Mortification.........1...1...11224336
Order 2.—Tubercular.
1. Scrofula...111...1112415639
2. Tabes Mesenterica2132134374...412517
3. Phthisis3774442125433124547176415948207
4. Hydrocephalus132151541910212831046105
Local Diseases. Order 1.—Nervous System.
1. Cephalitis...11112112314549
2. Apoplexy12719141151021213114491160
3. Paralysis8311538639639251237
4. Insanity
5. Chorea
6. Epilepsy1...1.........2...2...11314
7. Convulsions7...76396171131430737
8. Brain Disease, &c.5164262...23...314317
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.
1. Pericarditis...........................112112
2. Aneurism..............................11...11
3. Heart Disease, &c.31839338411714312993811039149
Order3.—Respiratory Organs.
1. Laryngitis3...34...4.........2...29...9
2. Bronchitis47186545954196254885615941200
3. Pleurisy1122132...21...1628
4. Pneumonia261541169258614326388236118
6. Asthma2...21...1..................3...3
6. Lung Disease, &c.71873104...421320525
Order 4.—Digestive Organs.
1. Gastritis1...1...........................1...1
2. Enteritis3...31...18...81...113...13
3. Peritonitis527213415.........11415
4. Ascites...........................1...11...1
5. Ulceration of Intestines123...112...2...11347
6. Hernia...33...221...1123279
7. Ileus123...I12132465813
8. Intussusception1...1...........................1...1
9. Stricture of Intestines1...12...2..................3...3
10. Fistula
11. Stomach Disease, &c.1...1213...112...2527
12. Pancreas Disease, &c.
13. Hepatitis...111...11...16...6819
14. Jaundice1...11234153149413
15. Liver Disease, &c.3253...311...11741124630
16.Spleen Disease, &c..........1...11...1.........2...2
Order 6.—Urinary Organs.
1. Nephritis314.........1124...48210
2. Ischuria
3. Bright's Disease (Nephria)4372...2...339413151025
4. Diabetes............11123...11145
5. Calculus (Stone)1...11...1............11213
6. Cystitis..................1...11...12...2
7.Kidney Disease, &c.1...1314213...336511
Order 6.—Organs of Generation.
1. Ovarian Dropsy..............................11...11
2. Uterus Disease, &c.314.........1...12...2617
Order7.—Organs of Locomotion.
1. Synovitis (Arthritis)
2. Joint Disease, &c..........1...1...22.........123
Order 8.—Integumentary System.
1. Phlegmon2...21121...1213628
2. Ulcer
3. Skin Disease, &c............................1...11...1
IV.Developmental Diseases.
Order 1.—Diseases of Children.
1. Premature Birth921191109...9931236642
2. Cyanosis2...2..................2...24...4
3. Spina Bifida
4. Other Malformations1...1.....................11112
5. Teething2...23...31...14...410...10
Order2-Adults.
1. Paramenia..............................11...11
2. Childbirth (see Puerpl. Fever)...112...2.........2...2415
Order 3.—Old People.
1. Old Age1131475125276410291443
Order 4.—Nutrition.
1. Atrophy and Debility14822751220727181129593190
V.Violent Deaths.
Order 1.—Accident or Negligence.
1. Fractures aud Contusions2132241456410111122
2. WoundsGunshot
Cut, Stub
3. Bums and Scalds............22.........112134
4. Poison112.....................11123
5. Drowning1...11...1.........1...13...3
6. Suffocation1232...22...261711314
7. Otherwise...11..............................11
Order 3. —Homicide...11213..................224
Order 4. —Suicide5...53...3...112...210111
Causes not specified,or ill-defined112...11224.........347